Updated: 11:43 AM CST Dec 31, 2020 The Associated Press December was the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic in the Kansas City area, where an average of 11 people died each day from COVID-19.The Kansas City metropolitan area recorded 342 COVID-19 deaths through Dec. 30, the Kansas City Star reported. All told, 353 area residents have died from the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The metro area includes Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas.In Missouri, the virus has claimed 5,519 lives, including 28 new deaths reported Thursday by the state Department of Health and Senior Services. The state also cited 3,714 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 392,570 since the pandemic began.Hospitalization numbers have improved over the past couple of weeks, but experts worry another surge could follow holiday gatherings. The health department said in-patient bed capacity statewide w
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County reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday
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WOOD RIVER The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday announced four new COVID-19 related deaths in Madison County.
The deceased were identified as a woman in her 70s, a woman in her 80s, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 90s.
Three new COVID-19 deaths were reported late Wednesday by the Madison County Health Department.
The deceased were identified by the county as one woman in her 70s and two women in their 90s. As of Wednesday, 362 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in the county.
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Montgomery: Residents at Alabama’s four state veterans homes were set to receive COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Tuesday. The arrival of the vaccine is a bright spot amid a record-setting surge in COVID-19 cases. Alabama ranked sixth in the United States for the most new cases per capita in the past 14 days. Alabama’s vaccine plan has prioritized front-line medical workers and residents and employees of long-term care facilities for the first allotments of the vaccine. Health care workers began receiving vaccinations last week. State Health Officer Scott Harris said last week that vaccinations were to be begin at long-term care facilities this week under a partnership with pharmacies. The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs said in a news release that the first immunizations of the Pfizer vaccine will be administer